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adjective

Conscious adj.

Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations. "Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought."

Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible. "Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt." "The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing."

Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt. "With conscious terrors vex me round."

Synonyms: Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.

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Etymology of 'Conscious'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Conscious" Quotes from Famous Books

... her reunion with the old home life. Dick, too, had his beginnings to make, man-fashion, and they ought to be made before he took on himself the full life of a man. So she was happily content to drift, conscious in a vague dreamy way that the drift was in the right direction, feeling the situation without analyzing it. It was a condition of affairs like Madeline herself, gently affectionate, but not passionate ...

— Jewel Weed • Alice Ames Winter

... discovered the intrigue. The evidence of my mother's shame was positive; he surprised her in the company of her seducer! Carried away by the impetuosity of his feelings, he watched the opportunity of a meeting taking place between them, and murdered both his wife and her seducer. Conscious that, as a serf, not even the provocation which he had received would be allowed as a justification of his conduct he hastily collected together what money he could lay his hands upon, and, as we were then in the depth of winter, ...

— The Phantom Ship • Frederick Marryat

... the journey, Jet dozed as he rode along, forcing himself to open his eyes now and then to make certain he was on the right course, and it was while he was thus in a semi-conscious condition that a shout from a clump of bushes told the tramp was nearly ...

— Messenger No. 48 • James Otis

... Are you conscious of the restful influence which the stars exert? To me they are the most soothing things in Nature. I am proud to say that I don't know the name of one of them. The glamour and romance would pass away from them if they were all classified and ticketed ...

— The Stark Munro Letters • J. Stark Munro

... a gourd full of steaming liquid. He was overjoyed at finding Walter conscious, but firmly insisted that he should remain quiet, and he fed him liberally with the hot soup. Indeed, Walter felt little desire to talk; a few swallows of the warm liquid made him very drowsy, and he quickly sank into a deep sleep from which he awoke feeling much stronger and ...

— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely

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